I am probably one of the few people in the world who would ever have this problem because I'm so nastalgic, but maybe someone out there has had similar problems:
It seems like the only types of computer games I have any attention span for are all the old Sierra ones (Kings Quest, Police Quest, QFG, Leisure Suit Larry etc.) but I find it difficult to run them on my inspiron 8600. I can control timer issues and whatnot, but my problems are with sound. First of all, I can't get my sound card to produce sound on any of the different install settings. I would love to be able to fix this but I dont think there is much i can do. My problem is that the only way I can get sound is using the internal PC speaker. That's all fine and good for nostalgia purposes, but my problem is that I can't control the volume of the internal speaker. It's blaringly loud to the point where I have to cover the front of my computer with a pillow. There must be some kind of utility program or something that will allow me to control the volume. Any ideas anyone?
(for reference, and for anyone who doesn't know, the volume controls, mute, and headphone jack do nothing to change the sound, I need some kind of other setting)
It seems like the only types of computer games I have any attention span for are all the old Sierra ones (Kings Quest, Police Quest, QFG, Leisure Suit Larry etc.) but I find it difficult to run them on my inspiron 8600. I can control timer issues and whatnot, but my problems are with sound. First of all, I can't get my sound card to produce sound on any of the different install settings. I would love to be able to fix this but I dont think there is much i can do. My problem is that the only way I can get sound is using the internal PC speaker. That's all fine and good for nostalgia purposes, but my problem is that I can't control the volume of the internal speaker. It's blaringly loud to the point where I have to cover the front of my computer with a pillow. There must be some kind of utility program or something that will allow me to control the volume. Any ideas anyone?
(for reference, and for anyone who doesn't know, the volume controls, mute, and headphone jack do nothing to change the sound, I need some kind of other setting)
